Pieter Coppens
Biographic Data
| ID | 3698993 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pieter Coppens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pieter |
| FAMILY NAME | Coppens |
| SIGNATURE | COPPENS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3914-105X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Qur’an Commentary and the Biblical Turn
Tafsir Studies and the Conundrum of Normativity
Tafsir studies, due to its focus on reception history and tradition rather than on the origins of Islam, may be a locus of fruitful cooperation between the new field of Islamic theology and ‘regular’ Islamic studies that transcends the problematic dichotomy of insider/outsider perspectives. Redefining normativity as negotiating the future of Islam’s discursive tradition, arguably a shared concern of Islamic theologians and Islamicists, although t…
Did Modernity End Polyvalence? Some Observations on Tolerance for Ambiguity in Sunni tafsīr
The transition from a polyvalent premodern tafsīr tradition to a more monovalent modern tradition has been noted by several authors. This article tries to more precisely locate this shift through a case study of commentaries on Q. 53:11, on the controversy over whether the Prophet saw God. I intend to show that from the nineteenth century onwards there indeed was a decline of polyvalence in the discussion of this verse, culminating in a univocal …
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Qāsimī's Treatise on Wiping over Socks and the Rise of a Distinct Salafi Method
Modern' Salafis of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century have much more in common with contemporary 'puritan' Salafis than claimed in recent scholarship. Indicative of this is the debate over whether it is allowed to wipe over socks during ritual ablutions (wuḍūʾ), a visual identity marker for Salafis. This is a recurrent theme in contemporary polemics between the four Sunni madhhabs and the lā-madhhabiyya current associated with Salafis. J…
Seeing God in Sufi Qur’an Commentaries
Discusses the concept of the vision of God in Sufi Qur’an Commentaries First in-depth study of the concept of the vision of God in Sufi eschatology, not only focusing on the hereafter, but also on this-worldly vision Compares five understudied tafsīr sources, gaining new insights into the genre of Sufi tafsīr and its intertextuality First study that intensively deals with the yet unpublished Qur’an commentary of Shams al-Dīn al-Daylamī Includes d…
Sufi Qurʾān Commentaries, Genealogy and Originality
This article reflects on some methodological issues in the study of tafsīr, taking the dissemination of the ideas of Ibn ʿArabī (d. 638/1240) on the non-perpetuity of the chastisement of Hell in Sufi tafsīr as a case study. I show that Ibn ʿArabī’s ideas on the issue were hardly adopted by later Sufi commentators on the Qurʾān. I investigate whether just as its exoteric counterpart, and despite the claim of Sufi tafsīr being rooted in ‘experience…
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Qāsimī's Treatise on Wiping over Socks and the Rise of a Distinct Salafi Method
Modern' Salafis of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century have much more in common with contemporary 'puritan' Salafis than claimed in recent scholarship. Indicative of this is the debate over whether it is allowed to wipe over socks during ritual ablutions (wuḍūʾ), a visual identity marker for Salafis. This is a recurrent theme in contemporary polemics between the four Sunni madhhabs and the lā-madhhabiyya current associated with Salafis. J…
Seeing God in Sufi Qur’an Commentaries
Discusses the concept of the vision of God in Sufi Qur’an Commentaries First in-depth study of the concept of the vision of God in Sufi eschatology, not only focusing on the hereafter, but also on this-worldly vision Compares five understudied tafsīr sources, gaining new insights into the genre of Sufi tafsīr and its intertextuality First study that intensively deals with the yet unpublished Qur’an commentary of Shams al-Dīn al-Daylamī Includes d…
Sufi Qurʾān Commentaries, Genealogy and Originality
This article reflects on some methodological issues in the study of tafsīr, taking the dissemination of the ideas of Ibn ʿArabī (d. 638/1240) on the non-perpetuity of the chastisement of Hell in Sufi tafsīr as a case study. I show that Ibn ʿArabī’s ideas on the issue were hardly adopted by later Sufi commentators on the Qurʾān. I investigate whether just as its exoteric counterpart, and despite the claim of Sufi tafsīr being rooted in ‘experience…
Did Modernity End Polyvalence? Some Observations on Tolerance for Ambiguity in Sunni tafsīr
The transition from a polyvalent premodern tafsīr tradition to a more monovalent modern tradition has been noted by several authors. This article tries to more precisely locate this shift through a case study of commentaries on Q. 53:11, on the controversy over whether the Prophet saw God. I intend to show that from the nineteenth century onwards there indeed was a decline of polyvalence in the discussion of this verse, culminating in a univocal …
Jamāl al-Dīn al-Qāsimī's Treatise on Wiping over Socks and the Rise of a Distinct Salafi Method
Modern' Salafis of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century have much more in common with contemporary 'puritan' Salafis than claimed in recent scholarship. Indicative of this is the debate over whether it is allowed to wipe over socks during ritual ablutions (wuḍūʾ), a visual identity marker for Salafis. This is a recurrent theme in contemporary polemics between the four Sunni madhhabs and the lā-madhhabiyya current associated with Salafis. J…
Tafsir Studies and the Conundrum of Normativity
Tafsir studies, due to its focus on reception history and tradition rather than on the origins of Islam, may be a locus of fruitful cooperation between the new field of Islamic theology and ‘regular’ Islamic studies that transcends the problematic dichotomy of insider/outsider perspectives. Redefining normativity as negotiating the future of Islam’s discursive tradition, arguably a shared concern of Islamic theologians and Islamicists, although t…
Qur’an Commentary and the Biblical Turn
Islamic Studies and History (6 works) · Families in Therapy and Culture (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (2 works)